Fruit-vending machine



` Feb. 8,1927.A i

M. -REDLINGER FRUIT VENDI NG MACHINE Filed Aug. 24, 1925 sheets-sheet 1llll/ Feb. s', 1921.

M. REDLINGER FRUIT VENDLNG MACHINE FiledAug, 24, 1925 4 sheets-sheet 2Feb. s, 1927.

"'M.- REDLINGER FRUIT VENDING MACHINE .Filed Aug. 24, 1925 4sheets-sheet :5 l

Feb. 8, 1927.

M. RED1.|\\|GERv FRUIT VENDING MACHINE Filed Aug. 24, 1925 l 4Sheets-Sheet 4 Mmmm munter/.11%, oFrQTILANn-i Olmeda ,Assieme To.INTERNAONAL .Ft'rjrv s' f VENMNG GQRPQRA-,Tf-.IONfA QORRQBATIGN TOFOREGON.

Enum-nitrite Mmmm! i4 Appnca'tigii filed August 24, Y1925, serial, Ne.52,025.

fruits, such as apples-oranges, peaches and the like. Whilel have hereshown'and described a machine forthe vending of fruits, the same may bemade to Vend other articles Y 'of fruit andvlnerchandise, by slight-rnodi-- cations of the supporting' mechanism and a change in' the shapeof the supporting baskets and do not Wish' thereforeto linit i'nyinvention'for luse in the yending'of fruit" only.

. admission of a coinl therein and havepro,

fof the ,cabinetV type having'- an' actuating plunger and an entrancecoin-chiite vfor the fvidedav Vertical shaft having a1 spirala'bo'ut itsouterV periphery and 'ai cylinder adapted to"engagev in :threadedrelationship with' the spiraland a series of supporting basketsA adaptedtoretain the articlesto he Vended therein and anescapelnent'movementadapt-W Y ed to beactna-tediby themaniplationofthe i vplu'nr'qer topermit'the cylinder to mye ne Space for :each cycle 'of operat1oI'1',-and at thesanji'e time to eject the Varticle' to be verid-V :ed freinthe h'asketand deposit thel 'Sanne4 1n f a position" for pr'cha's'en p 4l A furtherobject of my invention, cons1 sts y in providing cabinetswherein ,one'or morev of these'd'evices maybe installed and vfhere-v .inoranges may be dlspensed from onfefnlnit.y

and apples from anotlieryall locatedyvithin 'thes'anie cabinet.

' 2Vith these and thel invention consistsliri certainlnoy'el `fea-VVAtures 0i construction and@ eoinfiloiria@ieri.io parts, the essen-tialelements" of Whiclliaref set f :forth iii theappended claims and. te H'preferred form of embodiment o'fwhchfV 1s* Vhereinafter shown VWith.reference vto vthe v drawings which vaccorpany and forth part of thisYspe ciiicatomv f Flgil sect1-a1., eremiti? dirig-meting: y

tiaswim 'direction indicated.

v actuator with the.

open position-- actuator* with 'the plimger end of the stroke. j Figi.-l11 is a cro'sssection line 11h-i1 vof Fig. l0, looking in 'thedi-re'c-'- i K 8O View ofthe escalpen'lent combination with Vthe .Coinactu- 'at0r Aaecep'tai ice o'n'tli'e part ofthe incidental oiijeets inView,l 5

ther-@Webm beivended dSChaged and Shows. @bei 'Y i 'escapeinentand apreferred form of spiral for 'supportiiig the articles vto "bejyended ofFigs,

a'rearyieiy'lof thelcoin actuator` taken on line of F1g .'2,- lookinginthe.v

Jlig. G isaJ fragmentary sectional side ele-` vatlon of theyending'recel'a'tajele, basket-or Cup. p p Y' .Y Fig. 7- is afragmentary vside elevation of the coin actuator; 'f

Fig, s is@ wp or' plan View ef the @ein f actuator.'illustrating `thesaine iivit'fh` the plunger in the actuated position." f

9` "s a 'cross' section View oft-he coin 'Y iplirlig'ejrf 1n itsnerr-nal; 'or

Fig` Oisa side elevation of the l View,v taken'fon 'tion indicated','Fig'. llisf'a plan shownK in Fig. 13" isa frontfelevation et theziiecha-v tion indicated;

1 Fig. i4 isa Side elevation ofthe. media-f 'in its forward y isn'`shown'in Fig; l2; looking in the direc.; f

twain-Cimiteri.,

'Like referenceA characters irefer to; `llike pirtsithronghout the'Vseveral {viev'vsf Shafts 2.,' di'spcfi'sedj therein having aspir'zil 3,,of rather coar'se" pitclrdisp'sed there? arclid. The spiral 3,engagement ie' cylinder' 4,- havingV disp'sed abou't-its on rperiphe'rya series* of `l'eottomless siippofi-tiiig' peckets* or @entamer-s 5.1

The 'seri-eg .fpqel'e'tl'si 5, .are dispdsdfi-bup' f the @imeipefipifiefypf the' Cylinder' and iii Spiral iomiiating Thecylinderaiidthesipne V- Ythe medium of a Ycoin actuator which asactuated through the action Vof a coin as a locking means permits thevending of one article at a time, the movements of which, duringvending, forms a complete cycle of operation. As the article to bevendedis ejectedthe escapement permits the cylinder to lower and rotate Vaboutthe spiral screw the space of one supporting pocket.

The coin 'actuator consists ofr an actuating plunger 6, having a slot 7,disposed therethrough, through which the coin 7L ris passed, and as thecoin is` inserted and the plunger is actuated, the coin strikes thebottom of `the guideway 8 and moves therealong'as the plunger havingreached its full stroke, the coin is permitted to drop through theopening 9, and the plunger is returned to normal Y strokeat which timethe coin drops throughV position through the action ofv the tensionspring 10. A detent 11 engages with the upper surface of the coin andprevents the return of the plunger to normal position until the yplungerhas completed its full forward theopening and the detent is permitted tov drop down to its normal position of rest. A.

bell 'crank 12,is secured tothe case in hinged relation therewith aboutthe shaft 13'. The

shaft4 13 is journaled within suitable bearings 14, to maintain theshaft in alignment, and the bearing upon the upper end of the lbellcrank is of substantial length to maintain the bell crank in alignment.The bell crank has awing portion 15 which when inits normal position,just clears the coin when ydeposited in the coin actuator as shown inFig. 9, and asthe plunger is pushed forward, the' coin engages the wingportion vof the bell cranln'is 'carried forward, the same is held Xedabout its upper end in hinged relation with the shaft, and theescapement lever 16 is liftedvas the bell 'crank Vis raised 16 isconnected upon its lower end to the.

because the escapemeiit lever 16, is secured thereto, through thepivotal pin 17, as isk best shownin Fig. 7. The escapement lever Y yarm18, secured to the cross shaft 19, that is.

maintained'in suitable bearings 20, secured Y to'the inside of the casestructurel. The

b'ottomless pockets or containers forming the spiral, in whichthearticlesto be vended are maintained, are secured to the cylinder inthe pockets are Vat an equal distance apart and @prevents the cylinderfrom. 4unthreadiiig i-,is partially rotated through `the medium of thebell crank 12, and the actuating lever 16,

' upon the screw lspiral upon .the shaft. When the plunger is pushedforward the shaft 19,

y and the arm 18'of tlievshaft"19. Each of the sis pockets has'anopening througlithe bottom 'fas'show'n at 23,'to permit the ejector handlow: such-a manner that the wall 21,7of each of 24,-to swing upwardlytherethrough for the purpose of pushing or ejecting the article to bemerchandised from the pockets.A A second lever 25, has the ejector handor engaging member 24, mounted thereupon and as the shaft 19 ispartially rotated the escapement stop 22, disengages the wall 21, andthe cylinder is free to rotate. As the plunger is further actuated theejector hand-passes throughthe bottom lopening 'in the pocket and pushesthe article held thereby from and cup, 27, shelf ortrough 27h, fromwhere it rolls or yslides into the cup 27. lThe cup .27 is normallymaintained in a closed position with the front wall of the same inapproximate alignment with the wall of the case, but uponthe deposit ofVthe article to be vended therein the weight of the article has atendency to 'rock the cup 27 about its base support and place the samein position as shown in detailfin Fig. 6. To prevent shocks andpartially eliminate the noise during the vendmgoperation I have placed acushion member 27EL upon thes-helf 271J` from where the article tobevended .is deliveredinto the cup. To return thecup to normal positionafter the removal of the article to be vended, the counterweight .27cwillrreturn the cup to a normally closed position with-the outer' sidewall in' alignment with the'case structure. Y f, Y 11 While the form ofmechanism herein shown and described is admirably adapted to fulfill theobjects primarily stated, it is to be `understood that it is notintended to confine the invention to the one-formof embodimenthereinshown and described, as it is susceptible of embodiment in variousforms, all coming within the scope of thek claimswhich folwhari una is1, Y i ,y l, In a fruit vending machine, the-combination of a case, athreaded shaft mounted.

fvertically in said case, la cylinderloosely mounted on said4 shaft andrevoluble thereabout; 'a plurality of; bottomlessjpockets mounted to theouter periphery of said cylinder and extending radially therefrom; arockable. shaft mounted transversely of said case and disposed adjacentsaid cylinder; a lever arm mounted on said shaftand adaptedtopartiallypass upwardly through said pockets; andmeans to rock saidshaft.v

2. In a fruitlvending machine, the com.

Y ed to partially rise through said pockets; a

second arm mounted on said shaft and adapted to engage the Walls of saidpockets; and means tolrocl said shaft.

3. In a fruit vending machine, the combination of'a case, a threadedshaft mount?` ed vertically1 :Within ysaid case; a cylinder looselymounted on said` shaft. and .revoluble thereabout'ga seriesofi-bottomless pockets mounted in spiral formation aboutsaid Y cylinderand extending radially` therefrom;

a rockable shaft mounted transversely of lsaid case and disposedVadjacentsaid cylinder; ay lever arm mounted on said shaft and Vadaptedto partially rise throughsaid pockets; an engaging member mounted to theouter end of said lever arm adapted toengage with and eject articlescontained in said pockets; a second arminounted on said shaft andadapted to'engage the Wallsv Vof said pockets'to limit the rotation ofsaid Y cylinder; and means to rock said shaft.

4. In'a fruit vending machine, the combination ofa case, a threadedshaft mounted vertically Within said case; a cylinder loosely mounted onsaid shaft andv revolub'le and means to roclrsaid shaft.

thereaboutg, a series of lbottomless pockets Lvmounted .in spiralformation about said cylinder and extending radially therefrom; arockable shaft mofuntedV transversely of saidl case and disposedadjacent saidV cylinder ;V an angular lever arm mounted on said shaftand adapted to partiallyl rise throughqsaid pockets; an ejector handformed on the outer end of saidangular lever arm; said varm adapted toengage with and eject articles contained in said pocket therefrom; a

U-shaped arm mounted on saidl shaft 'andl pockets;

adaptedto engage the Walls of said 5. In a fruit vending machinethecombi@ vnation of a ease; a threaded shaft mounted vertically Withinsaid case; a cylinder loose- Y ly mounted on said shaft and revolublelhereabout; a series of bottomless pockets mounted in spiral formationabout said cylinder and extending radially therefrom; a rockableshaftmounted transversely ofy said-case and disposed adjacent said cylinder;an angular lever arm ,mounted on said shaft and adaptedY to partiallypass through said pockets; anejector hand formed-on the outer end ofsaid angular lever; said'arm being adapted to engage with and ejectarticles contained in saidpocket; a U-shaped v4arm mountedon saidshaftand adapted to f Aengage the Wallsvof said pockets; ymeans to irockl said shaft; a cup rockably mountedto the side Wall of said case;and means to Cause thearticles ejected from said cups to be deposited-insaid roclable cup. f y MICHAEL REDLINGER.

